Complain all you want, but you can not effect change without taking action and demanding to be heard. Without action and support you are indicating that you accept the current direction. Your silence and inaction are a vote for yet higher taxes, greater deficits, and an accumulation of debt that will burden our Country for generations to come. An hour of your time is not too much of a sacrifice. Strength is in numbers and dedication, so make an appointment to attend your local Tax Day Tea party!
The launch yesterday of Glenn Beck’s “We Surround Them” project was a HUGE success. Glenn’s program was inspiring, especially if you were among the thousands that gathered for one of the many live viewing events across the country. I was at the Cincinnati event, and was very impressed by the program that Glenn put together, the great job done by local organizers (ordinary people), and by the size of the crowd and enthusiasm of the people that attended.
The Cincinnati “We Surround Them” (WST) event drew a crowd of well over 1,000 people. The event was held at a Crown Plaza Hotel, and was originally scheduled to take place in a large ballroom with seating for about 500. Long before the doors opened at 4 pm it was obvious that another ballroom would have to be pressed into service. The organizers had wisely put that room on hold in case it was needed. Before the show began both halls were filled with standing room audiences, and the lounge and large lobby area were also filled. I have not heard the official estimate, but the total attendance was well over 1,000.
As expected, the local news media ignored the event, even after prodding from event organizers and many calls by others in the week prior. Tomorrow there is going to be a Tea Party Event on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati with over 6,000 confirmed and an expected turnout of over 7,500. I will be there!
As I have mentioned numerous times in previous posts, we need to become activists in order to counter attempts to move our country to the extreme left. In the next four years we will encounter many battles to protect the freedoms and beliefs that have made America such a great nation. We can no longer just sit back and expect that ‘everything will be OK.’ Those of us that have been active before must become more diligent, those that have been in the background must step forward. Our power is in numbers, and many more must wake up and accept their responsibility.
Look around at what we see on television, in commercials, movies, the Hollywood elite, the internet, the mainstream media, and from our ‘leaders’ in Washington. It is easy to feel that we are surrounded by a declining culture and government, and there is no escape. Glenn Beck has envisioned and organized a national movement he calls “We Surround Them.” The idea is to bring together people of similar values and beliefs to demonstrate the fact that each of us is actually surrounded by people of like values. The declining culture does not surround us, but ‘We Surround Them.’
This and other movements such as the ‘National Tea Party’ movement are emerging and catching fire all across the country. They are being organized and promoted by ordinary citizens that are beginning to realize what liberal interest groups have known for two generations. A large number of ordinary citizens joining together to express a common concern will have a noticeable impact on the media, politicians, and the general public perception. Attendance at these early events are important to the continued growth and influence of the new ‘Conservative Activism.’ Attend one of these early events and learn the pride and satisfaction of exercising your right and responsibility to have your voice heard in our Representative Republic. Your children will thank you!
Tomorrow is the first national ‘We Surround Them’ event. Individual simultaneous events are planned all across the country. Remember that power is in numbers and your attendance at these events is important. Please use the links below to learn more about these efforts and to find an event near you.
This bill was introduced on January 6, 2009 and has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
This committee is chaired by John Conyers (D), Mich., and currently consists of 24 Democrats, 17 Republicans. If you follow the link below you will see that the committee contains some of the most far left Democrats in the Congress. http://judiciary.house.gov/about/members.html
If you want to see what their legislative priorities are go to this link and look at the ‘Committee News and Current Issues’: http://judiciary.house.gov/
Please contact your Congressman and and any of those on the Judiciary Committee.
This link will get you the contact information for every Senator and Congressman. http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
We may have lost the ‘Stimulus’ battle, but now is not the time to surrender. Many conservatives woke up and fought hard to oppose the stimulus bill, just as we did with the immigration bill a couple years ago. We are fighting greater odds now, but that just means we need to fight harder. We will have constant challenges over the next two years, as the liberals know this is the best chance they have ever had to advance their extreme agenda. We must hold our ground until we can muster reinforcements in congress with the 2010 elections.
You have a right and a responsibility to be heard. Pass this information to anyone that respects the Constitution, and specifically their Second Amendment Rights.
I want to thank everyone that has stepped up and contacted these three RINOs, as well as their own senators. I hope you are also relaying this message to all of your personal contacts, and telling everyone you know that they must let their voices be heard on this critical issue. We must try to turn these three senators. I know it appears that I have become stuck on one issue here, but how we react to this situation will greatly affect the direction of our Country going forward.
The Democrats are desperate to have this bill labeled as bipartisan because it will not work and they know it. They realize that it is much more special interest and pork than stimulus. They need to be able to call it bipartisan. The Democrats realize that the bill they crafted is destined to pass, with or without Republican support. When this bill eventually passes we will be forced to ’share the wealth,’ but we should not volunteer to ‘Share the Blame.’
Last night three ‘Republican’ senators broke with their colleagues to support the ’stimulus’ bill. They say they can now support the bill since it was trimmed from somewhere over $900 billion to around $800 billion.
Thanks for easing our pain!
What happened to that ban on torture?
It is very important that everyone contact these senators. This is now being touted as a ‘bipartisan’ bill, with a ‘consensus’ of the senators in support. Three ‘left of RINO’ senators does not equal bipartisan!
The current ‘Stimulus’ Bill of $850 Billion dollars that was passed by the House and is now before the Senate will cost each taxpayer an average of $6,296 according to the most current tax statistics available.
However, if you have worked hard enough to earn over $100,000 per year your portion of that bill will be closer to $16,000. And if you happen to earn in excess of $200,000 your ‘fair share’ of this Stimulus ‘Bill’ will likely be over $50,000. The tax data used here are taken from US Census records, and can be found at the following link: U.S Census Tax Return Statistics
Your portion of this debt cited above is in addition to the similar debt from the prior stimulus bill. One problem that no one dares to mention is that much of this huge stimulus package involves the creation of new government programs and expansion of others. The Federal Government is great at creating new programs, but finds it very difficult to cut programs. These programs and increased cost will continue long after the economy rebounds. The debt will continue to grow.
This bill is not about economic stimulus. It is about expanding government, special interests, and to pay back political favors. The root of this economic collapse was government meddling in the banking industry, mandating or encouraging unsustainable changes to lending rules to satisfy a political constituency. Now many of those same politicians that helped create the problem are ramming through the same types of ’solutions’ that got us here in the first place. There is much more ‘Bill’ here than there is Stimulus.
Here is a link where you can find the full text of the ‘Stimulus’ Bill as it was sent to the Senate. http://readthestimulus.org/
When you get to the page check out the links on the left column. The ‘Senate Version’ link will give you the full text of the current bill. Click on the Spreadsheet link to get a quick glimpse of the amount of your money we are talking about, and how much will be spent on special interest projects. This bill is not about economic stimulus. Read the rest of this entry »
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